The big takeaway from this month's Oscar nominations? Ben Affleck got screwed.
At least that's how every other voting groups appears to be reacting to the actor-turned-filmmaker's snub from the Academy Awards' prestigious "Best Director" category. A long favorite to win the "Best Picture" award, Affleck's Argo appeared to lose major traction when the director wasn't able to nab a slot alongside the likes of Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, David O. Russell, Michael Haneke, and Benh Zeitlin. Amazingly, the lack of recognition may have been a Best Picture boost in disguise.
Sunday night, Argo picked up the Screen Actor's Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture — the thespian version of Oscars' Best Picture. The top honor is a key component in bringing home the bacon at the Academy Awards. SAG is the largest voting entity for the Oscars Best Picture, meaning whatever they have their sights set on usually winds up a winner. In the last 10 years, the SAG Outstanding Performance by a Cast Awards category has bestowed its honors on the future Best Picture winner, including The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionare, and No Country for Old Men.
With a 60% success rate in the last decade, it may be too soon to declare Argo a frontrunner — movies running at the front of the pack include Lincoln, sporting SAG's Best Actor winner Daniel Day-Lewis, and Silver Linings Playbook, featuring Jennifer Lawrence, who took home SAG's Best Actress — but the win is another notch on the belt after a string of high profile victories. The marathon to an unlikely triumph kicked off with Affleck and his ripped-from-the-headlines taking home the Golden Globe for Best Drama, followed by another big win at the Critics Choice Awards.
Then there are the other craft awards. Over the weekend, the Producers Guild of America named Argo their best theatrical film of the year. Their success rate is even higher than SAG, awarding seven of the 10 Academy Award Best Pictures, making up for the actors missed winners in 2011 (The Artist) and 2010 (The Hurt Locker). If Argo writer Chris Terrio takes home the Writer's Guild award for his adapted screenplay, and Affleck takes home the Director's Guild prize, the stars will truly be aligning for the movie.
We may never know why Affleck failed to muster up a nomination for Best Director, but judging from the accolades Argo is taking home, he may be preparing to upset his contemporaries and make Oscar history when the Academy Awards air on Feb. 24, 2013. The Academy's final voting takes place between Feb. 8 and Feb. 19 — Argo's many wins so far may be a clear sign of where ballot casters' heads are at.
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In the real world, copying somebody else's written material for your own personal gain is called plagiarism. In the movie biz, it's called adaptation.
Since 1940, the Academy Awards have distinguished the adapted screenplay in its own category, honoring films whose scripts were derived primarily from books, plays, and short stories. But the occasional Best Adapted Screenplay nominee can credit its source to other media — such is the case for this year's nod, the true story thriller Argo.
Ben Affleck's directorial feature, written by Chris Terrio, was actually born from a WIRED magazine article by journalist and film producer Joshuah Bearman in 2007. The piece, titled "How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran," was a chronicling of CIA operative Tony Mendez's unorthodox plan to retrieve a group of American diplomats from a hostage crisis in Iran in the late 1970s. Bearman penned the article following the declassification of the CIA documents describing the events.
Argo's company in this year's Best Adapted Screenplay category draw from more traditional sources: the scripts for Life of Pi and Silver Linings Playbook each comes from its eponymous novel, written by Yann Martel and Matthew Quick, Respectively; Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner cite the nonfiction book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin as the source for their biopic Lincoln; and the story of Beasts of the Southern Wild writer/director Benh Zeitlin was inspired by his co-writer Lucy Alibar's own play, Juicy and Delicious. Heck, even Argo does accredit some hardcover material with the machination of its script alongside the aforementioned original article (Bearman's book The Great Escape, in which he expands on the topic, and Agent Mendez's own account of the event, his memoirs The Master of Disguise). The category has housed a great majority of projects with roots in the forms of book and play. But there are a handful of interesting outliers, spanning from 1931 all the way to the present...
Skippy (1931): Predating the separate Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay categories, the family-friendly Jackie Cooper starrer was adapted from the syndicated comic strip of the same name.
Mrs. Miniver (1942): The romantic drama about the dawn of World War II drew from a series of columns in Great Britain's The Times newspaper, wherein the titular character Kay Miniver was created.
Boomerang! (1947): The true story of this film noir was first chronicled in a Reader's Digest article by journalist Fulton Oursler (under the pen name Anthony Abbot).
Marty (1955):The classic romantic drama was the first of several films to be adapted from a teleplay — Paddy Chayefsky wrote both the big and small screen versions of the story.
I Want to Live! (1958): Another film noir drawn from true events, this film extrapolated its story about a woman on death row from letters penned by the basis and namesake for its main character, Barbara Graham. A second source for the movie came from a collection of newspaper articles from journalist Ed Montgoomery.
Lawrence of Arabia (1962): The life of British Army officer T.E. Lawrence was chronicled in this classic epic, thanks to the adaptation of the collective writings from the hero himself.
Pennies from Heaven (1981): Ever since Marty, a handful of films has earned nominations for adapting television movies to film; this was the first, however, to earn a nod for adapting a television miniseries (the 1978 BBC drama of the same name).
The Insider (1999): Another film drawn from a magazine article, this time from Marie Brenner's Vanity Fair piece "The Man Who Knew Too Much," about tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand, played in the film by Russell Crowe.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000): Classing up the list a bit is this Coen Brothers comedy, which adapted its script from Homer's epic poem The Odyssey.
Ghost World (2001): The first film to earn a nomination for a script adapted from a graphic novel came from Daniel Clowes, who turned his own comic book Ghost World into this comedy-drama.
Shrek (2001): In the same year, this blockbuster animated film pioneered the category's nomination of a script with another type of source: picture book (William Steig's Shrek!).
American Splendor (2002): The brilliant comedic biopic drew its material from the works of subject Harvey Pekar and his wife and fellow comic book author Joyce Brabner (American Splendor and Our Cancer Years, respectively).
Before Sunset (2004): Richard Linklater's screenplay was considered an adaptation, due to its use of characters from the preceding film Before Sunrise, which was written by Linklater and Kim Krizan.
A History of Violence (2005): Another graphic novel adaptation — screenwriter John Olson brought John Wagner and Vincent Locke's A History of Violence to screen with this picture.
Borat (2006): It might surprise you to recall that the Academy recognized this bawdy film with a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination; the film was considered an adaptation of the character developed by Sacha Baron Cohen for his small screen venture, Da Ali G Show.
In the Loop (2009): In the same vein, Armando Iannucci transported his The Thick of It hero Malcolm Tucker to the big screen in this satirical film.
District 9 (2009): Cutting it a little close to home, this sci-fi drama/parable for human intolerance and oppression was actually adapted from another movie — a short film titled Alive in Joburg.
Toy Story 3 (2010): Borrowing the characters from the original Toy Story, a new assortment of screenwriters vied for the Oscar in this magnificent threequel.
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BWAAAAAAAAAP. What's that sound? Why it's the sound of some exciting Christopher Nolan news. The man behind Inception and The Dark Knight saga has apparently found his next mind-bending project.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nolan is in talks to direct and produce a sci-fi movie called Interstellar. The film, based on the theories by physicist Kip Thorne, will involve time travel, alternate dimensions, and wormholes. Hollywood.com reached out to Nolan's rep for a statement, but have not yet received comment. Interstellar would be another family affair, as the director's brother Jonathan Nolan (who also worked with him on The Dark Knight Rises, The Prestige, and Memento) has penned the script. Steven Spielberg, who edged out Nolan in the Best Director race this year at the Oscars and whose own future sci-fi project Robopocalypse has been delayed indefinitely, was originally slated to helm the movie. Until Interstellar hits theaters and confuses moviegoers into another dimension, Nolan will be still be rather busy as the producer of the highly anticipated Superman flick Man of Steel and the Johnny Depp-starrer Transcendence. [Photo credit: Warner Bros.] More: Steven Spielberg Reacts to his Oscar Nomination 'Dark Knight Rises' 'Homeland', 'Louie' Land On AFI's 2012 Best Of Lists Johnny Depp Might Destroy His Evil Computer in Nolan-Produced 'Transcendence' From Our Partners: Megan Fox’s 12 Hottest Moments (Moviefone) Ryan Gosling’s ‘Airbrushed’ Abs: Plus 19 More Reasons We Love the Actor (Moviefone)

In our quest to bring you the best TV content, sometimes we have to look... backwards. That's why we have Thursday TV Throwback, wherein each week our staff of pop culture enthusiasts will be tasked with bringing back some of the best television clips that have been forgotten by time, space and the general zeitgeist. This week, it's time for our first annual Oscar Edition — where we take on the task of locating the humble, small screen beginnings of Oscar nominees.
Quentin Tarantino, Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Golden Girls
Before Tarantino made film history with Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and the like, he made an appearance as an Elvis impersonator on Golden Girls. Check out 04:38 and 05:23 for proof:
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Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor, Parole Chicago
This is probably our favorite. Christopher Waltz starred in a German TV series called Parole Chicago back in 1979. It took place in 1920's Berlin, with Waltz starring as a stupid criminal. Below, he demonstrates the stupid as he tries to catch a cat, for some reason:
Naomi Watts, Best Actress: Hey Dad...!
Watts played Simon's girlfriend Belinda on a few episodes of the Australian sitcom Hey Dad...! back in '90:
Ben Affleck, Snubbed director of Argo: Voyage of the Mimi
This is one for the ages. Little Affleck starred as Clement Tyler (C.T.) Granville on Voyage of the Mimi, an educational series filmed on the high seas. So before he schooled us on the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Affleck taught us all about humpback whales. Here he is, in the Arctic test chamber for the United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. He was a bit worried when he learned about filming in the Arctic wind tunnel, but luckily his bowl cut kept his ears warm:
Tommy Lee Jones, Best Supporting Actor: Charlie's Angels
Youthful Tommy Lee Jones was quite the looker! He appeared in the pilot of the hit series as Aram, a man who becomes entwined with an undercover Sabrina (Kate Jackson). Check out the sideburns:
Anne Hathaway, Best Supporting Actress: Get Real
Before she hit the big screen and never looked back with The Princess Diaries, Hathaway starred alongside Jesse Eisenberg in the short-lived Fox drama-comedy Get Real. Here are her feet:
Helen Hunt, Best Supporting Actress: Desperate Lives (PCP Commercial)
This one is a classic — Hunt later mocked it herself on Saturday Night Live — but the list wouldn't be complete without the 1982 video of Hunt flipping out on crank. Enjoy:
Jennifer Lawrence, Best Actress: Monk
Just when you thought Jennifer Lawrence couldn't get any more badass — you find out she took on the scene-stealing role of "Mascot" on an episode of Monk back in 2006. Her dedication to the role is very apparent when she bites him in the arm:
Bradley Cooper, Best Actor: Alias
Cooper starred as Will Tippin, Sydney Bristow's (Jennifer Garner) overlooked, nerdy best friend on Alias from 2001-2003. He was more than a little surprised when he found out she was a spy:
Additionally, Cooper appeared as a love interest for Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) on Sex and the City in 2009:
Hugh Jackman, Best Actor: Correlli
Jackman met his future wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, on the set of a short-lived Australian series called Correlli. The following footage depicts Jean Valjean's first days as an inmate:
Joaquin Phoenix, Best Actor: ABC Afterschool Specials — Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
Both Phoenix brothers — nominee Joaquin, and the late River — appeared in this 1984 after-school special. Behold its greatness:
Alan Arkin, Best Supporting Actor: Sesame Street
Anyone remember Larry? Hopefully this will jog your memory:
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In translating the story of a historical time period to the big screen, a filmmaker is charged with a very interesting choice. Does he or she opt to look at the era through a nostalgic lens, painting a faraway picture of a time now inscribed with retrospective connotations? Or is the material better served with an air of presence, with the audience transported into a setting to which they can relate despite contextual differences? From the looks of the new trailer of the Jackie Robinson biopic 42, writer/director Brian Helgeland opts for the old-age feel in delivering the account of the civil rights icon and baseball legend.
A recent example of the other mentality is Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, which offers its title character and mid-19th Century backdrop a lively, modern feel, transporting audiences into the action all the more effectively. That doesn't necessarily mean that 42 can't thrive with the alternative vantage point, but the latest trailer feels like its clawing at a few old tropes for Robinson's story. Despite taking place largely in Brooklyn, the atmosphere is vividly Deep South, right down to the aesthetics of the scenery and accents of just about every one of the featured characters. It might be easy to associate this sort of milieu with the anti-progressive mood the film intends to establish, but that doesn't mean this connotation should be propagated.
In any event, 42 does look like an energetic picture, and one with a spirit for upholding the crusades of the pioneer that was Robinson. Check out the trailer and share your thoughts.
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There must be few experiences more exciting if you're an actor or director than waking up to find you're an Oscar nominee. Several of those whose names were rattled off among the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards have already shared their joy and gratitude about the honor of competing for a little gold statuette come February 24.
Hugh Jackman, Best Actor, Les Misérables
"I hadn't planned to listen live to the announcements, but when I got into the car this morning to go to work, the driver had the nominations streaming as they were being broadcast. To be honest, it's very exciting but all a bit surreal, and it hasn't fully sunk in yet. This is a brilliant awards year that has been defined by an eclectic list of stories that have been told by incredibly talented and courageous filmmakers, and it's an honor to be mentioned in the same sentence as the other nominees in the Best Actor category. Having hosted the show, I have seen so many different sides of the Oscars, but to be an actual nominee is something I never would have dreamed possible."
Naomi Watts, Best Actress, The Impossible
“I am so thrilled and humbled with this morning’s wonderful news. The journey of telling Maria Belon’s miraculous story of survival has been an incredible experience and I am so grateful for this acknowledgement of our film. I am truly honored."
Denzel Washington, Best Actor, Flight
“Flight was one of the most challenging roles I’ve ever had in my career, and it was an honor to be directed by Robert Zemeckis. It’s always nice to be asked back to the show, and it will be fun to share the evening with our nominated screenwriter John Gatins."
Jennifer Lawrence, Best Actress, Silver Linings Playbook
"I'm so honored and grateful for this nomination and to be in the company of such talented actresses. Having the fortunate opportunity to work with David O. Russell was an extraordinary gift, and I am so thrilled for my fellow cast members Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver who are all nothing short of amazing. This was a labor of love that we all poured our hearts into and could not be more thankful to The Weinstein Company and Harvey Weinstein for their unyielding support of the film."
Robert De Niro, Best Supporting Actor, Silver Linings Playbook
"I am very pleased that the Academy has chosen to honor the many individuals who were a part of Silver Linings Playbook."
Jacki Weaver, Best Supporting Actress, Silver Linings Playbook
"I am completely over the moon by this morning's news. To be nominated twice now is incredible, and to be a part of this wonderful film and amazing cast makes things even sweeter. I am so happy for David O' Russell and could not be more thrilled."
Mark Boal, Best Original Screenplay, Zero Dark Thirty
Thank you to the Academy for these incredible honors. And thank you to the writers who have honored me today with their generosity and to the academy for the Best Picture nomination. None of us would be so honored today without the genius and remarkable talent of Kathryn Bigelow, and to her we are forever grateful.
Ang Lee, Best Director, Life of Pi
“I am deeply honored and frankly a little overwhelmed by all of the nominations that Life of Pi has received this morning. So many talented people gave everything they had to this film, both in front of and behind the camera, and to see all of them receive this kind of recognition is something I am incredibly grateful for.”
Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, producers of Best Picture nominee Lincoln
“We are absolutely thrilled and astonished with the 12 nominations. It is such a tribute to the work of those who joined us in this 12-year journey to bring Lincoln to the screen. We humbly thank the Academy members who honored so many of us.”
Sally Field, Best Supporting Actress, Lincoln
“I'm spinning and beyond thrilled on so many levels. To be included in this amazing group of extraordinary craftsman and exquisite talents has been an honor in itself. But now for us all to receive so much recognition from the Academy I'm deeply appreciative and overwhelmed, and basically, I still can't believe I got the role."
Tony Kushner, Best Adapted Screenplay, Lincoln
“I'm tremendously honored to be a nominee in the company of so many writers and filmmakers whose work I admire. I'm very grateful to Steven and Kathy, to Daniel, Sally, Tommy Lee and the whole cast, to Rick, Joanna, Janusz, Mike and John and everyone who made Lincoln happen. I'm overwhelmed by the Academy's response to the film. I heard that I'd been nominated while waiting to take off on a plane from JFK to LAX. James Gandolfini, who's sitting in front of me, gave me a hug and a kiss, so I'm about as happy as can be. ”
Joanna Johnston, Best Costume Design, Lincoln
“I’m thrilled and honored to be nominated, it was an extraordinary experience with a remarkable team who are all part of this recognition. It is my first nomination and I’m so happy to be part of this unique body of talent.”
Tim Burton, producer/director of Best Animated Feature nominee, Frankenweenie
"Frankenweenie is a very personal film for me. The idea of telling a feature length version was in the back of my mind for many years. Stop Motion was the perfect medium for this project, and one I've always loved for its expressiveness and dimensionality. I've worked with so many incredible artists: animators, cast members, set builders, and puppet makers, all who have helped bring this film to life one frame at a time. I'm so honored that the Academy has recognized this film as one of its nominees."
Mark Rich, director of Best Animated Feature nominee, Wreck-It Ralph
"To have the Wreck-It Ralph team's passion and years of hard work acknowledged by the Academy is an honor like no other. We are so proud, so grateful - I can't wait to congratulate everyone in-person."
Peter Lord, producer and co-director of Best Animated Feature nominee, The Pirates! Band of Misfits
"This is amazing! We tried to do something a little different with The Pirates!, in terms of tone and comedy, and it’s just brilliant that the Academy has responded to it in such a wonderful way."
Mark Andrews, director of Best Animated Feature nominee, Brave
"We are incredibly honored by today's Academy Award nomination. Brave has been an adventure from the beginning - starting with our research trips to Scotland, the crew embarked upon a journey that inspired us all and forever changed our fates. Thanks to the Academy from all of us here at Pixar."
John Kahrs, director of Best Animated Short nominee, Paperman
"It's beyond an honor to have Paperman nominated for an Oscar. I can't thank everyone on the team enough for their passion and hard work in making this dream project a reality."
With Additional Reporting By Lindsey DiMattina, Shaunna Murphy, and Matt Patches
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We've picked our favorite movies of the year and made award season predictions, but now the Academy has finally revealed their picks for the top movies, actors, actresses, and filmmakers of 2012. The Oscar nominations are in and to help you dig deep into the main contenders, we've compiled a year's worth of stories that pull back the curtain on those deemed "the Best."
Check out the stories below to find looks into Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, Silver Linings Playbook, Les Misérables, and more of the top films of 2012. Don't worry: the Oscars aren't until Feb. 24 — you have just over a month to get through all of them!
'Les Misérables' Star Hugh Jackman Admits Singing in the Alps Is Harder Than 'Wolverine' Stunts: The Best Actor nominee dishes on his unfathomably challenging time singing on set.
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Wes Anderson on the Young Adult Fiction Books that Inspired 'Moonrise Kingdom': Anderson's story of young love was born from his own love for fiction as a kid. Here, he tells Hollywood.com about what inspired the Original Screenplay nominee.
'Django Unchained' Star Jamie Foxx Calls Tarantino a 'Hip-Hop Artist': Back at Comic-Con, Foxx compared the Pulp Fiction's penchant for spontaneity and surprises to that of a hip hop artist. The Oscars echoed the praise with a Best Screenplay nod.
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'Les Mis' Director on Hugh Jackman: 'When He Sang, I Didn't Yearn for Him to Stop': Tom Hooper wasn't a big fan of Hugh Jackman... until he heard the Wolverine actor belt a few high notes.
Oscar-Nominated Roger Deakins on Shooting 'Skyfall' Like a Western, Not an Action Movie: The legendary cinematographer talks shooting nominated James Bond movie like an old school Western.
'Beasts of the Southern Wild': Training Pigs to Pull Off Special Effects: As impressive as the Sundance hit's performances were the astounding, low-budget special effects whipped up by the Beasts production team. Find out how they did it here.
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